Cindy Rethmeier - pioneering female worship leader and songwriter - Owning Your Own Voice

Cindy Rethmeier is one of the pioneering women worship leaders and songwriters of the modern worship era. She wrote some of Vineyard’s most well-known anthems (Exalt the Lord, I Bow Down) and served an integral role in children’s worship, penning the songs I Want to be Like Jesus and Good News. Cindy spent 7 years in an Anglican Church writing musical settings for prayers and seasonal antiphons for the liturgy, and her most-recent song —  co-written with Vineyard pastor and worship leader Ted Kim — is Kyrie Eléison, a lament based on a prayer of petition used in ancient Christian liturgies translating as “Lord, have mercy.” 

 

Cindy lives in Southern California with her husband of 38 years, Steve. She has 2 married children & 9 grandchildren who are the inspiration for her name songs & lighthearted, everyday-life songs. On this episode Cindy shares wisdom learned from her journey — from the early days of the Vineyard movement to present day — learning to own her own voice and see herself as God has shaped her to be.